A “devoted” father-of-two was making up to 100 bets a day on betting websites and had previously racked up £18,000 in debts due to a “pervasive” gambling addiction before he took his own life, an inquest has heard.
A “devoted” father-of-two was making up to 100 bets a day on betting websites and had previously racked up £18,000 in debts due to a “pervasive” gambling addiction before he took his own life, an inquest has heard.
In a report on his death that was put together for area coroner Ivan Cartwright, Professor Dame Gerada said she believed Mr Ashton was suffering with a “longstanding and pervasive gambling disorder” and not depression. Mrs Ashton, who had been with her husband since 2008 but had known him since 1992 when they were at secondary school together, suggested he see a counsellor about the issue, but he declined because the money he owed had been paid off and he was feeling better.
He had left a number of notes for his wife and children that mentioned gambling twice and he admitted he was suffering with “demons”. She added: “Our children wanted for nothing, he was a real rock to us all, but in reality, he masked his own pain, to protect us from what he was going through.
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